stereotype

IPA: stˈɛriʌtaɪp

noun

  • A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
  • (psychology) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
  • (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
  • (software engineering) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.

verb

  • (transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
  • (transitive, printing) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
  • (transitive, printing) To print from a stereotype.
  • (transitive, figurative) To make firm or permanent; to fix.
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Examples of "stereotype" in Sentences

  • He is trying to break the stereotype.
  • They have not been gender stereotyped.
  • The section confuses cliche and stereotype.
  • The list of stereotypes is ridiculously offensive.
  • This is stereotyped foraging behavior of the Swedish.
  • It implies that the rest of the stereotypes are accurate.
  • For Canadians, a stereotype is politeness and selflessness.
  • For that matter, the British are stereotyped in 'Mary Poppins'.
  • How does the contradiction of a stereotype perpetuate the stereotype
  • However, it is a fact that there is a stereotype of the unrepentant Japanese.

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